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thyrotoxicosis

noun/ˌθaɪrəʊtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The clinical state resulting from an excess of circulating thyroid hormone.

Untreated thyrotoxicosis may culminate in a thyroid storm with hyperpyrexia and cardiovascular collapse.

Topic: Endocrine & diabetes in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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